Ananna Image website is still being worked in by the wonderful Demi Gounari. Already there has been a great deal of positive feedback. It amazing just how many women out there relate to the images of motherhood - they are such sensitive issues as we all feel such guilt sometimes and it is good to be able to laugh about it - it kind of takes the guilt away. This image is 'Kali'. She is the consort of Shiva and is a bit of a woman warior but with the heart and protection of a great mother. When I was drawing this image back in 1996 I had such a full house of children - teenagers. I was a divorced mum trying to do a full time degree, 50 miles away! and working in a pub in the evenings as well as trying to help start up a business. I was shattered. Kali is the epitome of motherhood - the juggling of all of the things that we do as mothers. Evolution hasn't really served us well - we need more arms! It is strange though that if we keep all of the physical things going - the washing, shopping, ironing etc. we are seen to be good mothers. If we don't we are judged not to be coping very well. Whether good mother or bad mother on this basis is such an indictment - why should we be able to do all of this on our own? Why should we be judged by the status of the housework?
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